As a site in which scores of contributors put ourselves out there, wrestle with provocative issues and demand that all of us ask more questions, dig deeper, and speak our truths, I accepted this honor in recognition that it was about all of us, our resiliency, and our demand to bring all of ourselves to the table. All of us who have put time into showing love, and representing a bigger, bolder and broader representation of Jewish life than what often crosses our paths.

So, I want to say thank you. Being honored is a joyous affair, and even more of a simcha when I get to say it’s thanks to so many who know what it means live in, and love, our communities-–in plural-–because we live in many, and will not choose between them. For that is the truth of our Jewishness.